Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501, at the time the deadliest commercial airlines disaster in American history, disappeared when it flew into a storm over Lake Michigan on June 24, 1950.

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501, at the time the deadliest commercial airlines disaster in American history, disappeared when it flew into a storm over Lake Michigan on June 24, 1950.

Search Has Ended for Plane That Disappeared Over Lake Michigan in 1950 — Worst Airline Disaster in U.S. History at the Time Michigan’s South Beach was closed for nine days as body parts and ...